How-to: Create ShowMes to help your students with homework
I’ve been talking to teachers around the globe about how they use ShowMe in their class. What I’ve discovered is that there are so many awesome and effective ways to use ShowMe as a tool in education. Today I wanted to highlight the way Ryan Halverson, a middle school math and science teacher at Notre Dame Academy Elementary in Los Angeles, CA, is using ShowMe.
Ryan creates his ShowMe lessons normally in his prep time before class and the whole process takes him about 10 minutes, 15 minutes max. Then, he uploads his lesson to his ShowMe page for all of his classes to see. The goal is for students to have a reference when completing homework at home and to digest the concept at their own pace.
I think it is an excellent way for parents to stay up on what is being taught in class and provide support for their children too!
Follow these steps to use ShowMe the same way Ryan does. We’d love to know how it affects your students’ learning!
- Think about what your big idea is. What is the one thing you want your students to take away and remember when it is time to apply the lesson to work? As we learned from JR, the best ShowMes are short digestable nuggets of knowledge
- Mentally walk through how you would teach your concept. Jot down some notes on key items you want to mention to create a guide of what your lesson will look like
- Get started! Hit record and let the magic begin. We’ve found that successful ShowMes are created in one sitting without hitting the pause button. Teach exactly like you would with a whiteboard in your class!
- When you are done, tap stop then title and save your ShowMe. When thinking about a title, try something open that can be useful to the whole community, just like Ryan has done. If you are ready to upload right away, make sure you include a short description of your ShowMe and add tags to it can be easily searched by the ShowMe community. Browse our topics so you can get an idea of how to categorize it!
